A request by Russian MPs to review a 1991 decision recognizing the independence of Baltic States has no legal prospects, said the general prosecutor’s spokeswoman, adding that some queries the office recieves are “devoid of common sense altogether.”

The office of Russia’s Prosecutor General earlier received a
query from two members of the State Duma, reportedly from the
ruling United Russia party, to review the decision made by the
Soviet Union in 1991 to recognize the independence of the Baltic
States.

“In this particular case it is clear that the affair has no
legal prospects,” Prosecutor-General Office spokesperson,
Marina Gridneva, told TASS on Wednesday.

She said that under Russian law the Prosecutor General is obliged
to review any request it receives, adding that some are
“devoid of common sense altogether.”

Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia split from the Soviet Union after
the USSR’s State Council, a temporary body, recognized their
independence in September 1991. The two MPs who filed the query
claimed that the Baltic States’ independence was authorized by an
unconstitutional body, as the Soviet Union’s constitution
required a referendum and a transitional period in order to
settle disputed matters.